benchmark

Question 0

___________________ invented the railroad sleeping car.

Answer 0

George M. Pullman

Question 1

The practice of combining separate companies in an industry is called a __________.

Answer 1

merger or consolidation

Question 2

_______________ invented the electric lightbulb.

Answer 2

Thomas Edison

Question 3

_____________ invented the telephone.

Answer 3

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 4

The steal company owner who was a great philanthropist was_____________.

Answer 4

Andrew Carnegie

Question 5

Railroad barons were created when the industry ______________.

Answer 5

consolidated

Question 6

______________ pioneered the assembly line.

Answer 6

Henry Ford

Question 7

Anti-labor feeling grew after the bloody clash in Chicago called the _____________ Riot.

Answer 7

Haymarket

Question 8

The demand to have a regulated schedule caused the railroad companies to create ___________ _____________.

Answer 8

time zones

Question 9

In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s,many people moved the the cities to take ____________ jobs.

Answer 9

factory

Question 10

It took immigrants ____ days to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 10

12

Question 11

Many immigrants lived in urban apartments called ____________.

Answer 11

tenements

Question 12

__________________ invented moving pictures.

Answer 12

Thomas Edison

Question 13

Most Asian immigrants went through the processing center on ____________ Island.

Answer 13

Angel

Question 14

__________________ was a settlement house founded by Jane Addams.

Answer 14

Hull House

Question 15

_________________ designed Central Park and several parks in Boston.

Answer 15

Fredrick Law Olmstead

Question 16

People might _____________ from their homeland in order to find a better life in America.

Answer 16

emigrate

Question 17

To improve living conditions of the poor, ____________ houses were established.

Answer 17

settlement

Question 18

Many middle-class families moved from the cities to the ___________.

Answer 18

suburbs

Question 19

To maintain their culture, immigrants with the same language and customs tended to live in the same ___________________.

Answer 19

ethnic group or neighborhood

Question 20

_____________________ was the first law to limit immigration.

Answer 20

Chinese Exclusion Act

Question 21

What law required that immigrants to be able to read or write in some language?

Answer 21

Immigration Act of 1917

Question 22

________________argued that schools should be more hands on and relate to the students’ interest.

Answer 22

John Dewey

Question 23

People enjoyed cheering for the home team or local sports star while attending ___________ sports.

Answer 23

spectator

Question 24

Nativist feared that immigrants would take away their jobs or drive down everyone's wages by _________________________.

Answer 24

accepting lower pay

Question 25

Overcrowding in the city caused sanitation and health problems, these problems were( EASY or HARD) to solve?

Answer 25

hard

Question 26

The _________________ provided funds for land-grant colleges.

Answer 26

Morrill Act

Question 27

A ______________ allows citizens to place a measure or an issue on the ballot in a state election.

Answer 27

initiative

Question 28

A ____________ allows voters the opportunity to accept or reject measures that the legislature enacted.

Answer 28

referendum

Question 29

A _____________ allows voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from their jobs.

Answer 29

recall

Question 30

Who won the election of 1908?

Answer 30

William H. Taft

Question 31

In 1912 the Bull Moose Party presidential candidate was?

Answer 31

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 32

What was the job of the Political Boss?

Answer 32

The Political Bosses job was to gain votes by doing favors.

Question 33

Sixteenth Amendment-

Answer 33

Taxed American citizens based on their income.

Question 34

Seventeenth Amendment-

Answer 34

direct election of senators

Question 35

Eighteenth Amendment-

Answer 35

Prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of alcohol

Question 36

Nineteenth Amendment-

Answer 36

Granted women the right to vote

Question 37

_____________ was the first state to allow women to vote.

Answer 37

Wyoming

Question 38

Theodore Roosevelt promised the people a "______________" if he was elected president in 1904.

Answer 38

square deal

Question 39

Who helped found the National Association for the advanced Colored People(NAACP)?

Answer 39

W.E.B Du Bois

Question 40

What is a muckraker?

Answer 40

A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society.

Question 41

What is a Labor Union?

Answer 41

A group of desatusfied workers who organize themselves into groups because they demanded better pay.

Question 42

How many states are there in the continental United States?

Answer 42

48